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EMBASE search strategies achieved high sensitivity and specificity for retrieving methodologically sound systematic

Nancy L Wilczynski1, R Brian Haynes,

  • 1Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. wilczyn@mcmaster.ca

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
|December 13, 2006
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